Ten Arrests Made in County-Wide Drug Busts

Around 4 a.m. Friday morning, various police officers gathered at the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department in Bedford. A few hours later, ten people had been arrested on warrants charging them with a multitude of drug-related crimes.

The arrests, made by a total of 26 officers from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, Bedford Police Department, and Mitchell Police Department, occurred between 4:30 and 7:30 a.m. According to Lawrence County Sheriff Sam Craig, all of the arrests occurred “without incident”.

Bedford Police Department Chief Dennis Parsley told the Times-Mail that the arrests were made as the result of investigations by the Lawrence County Drug Task Force. “The task force has been very good at utilizing all resources it has available,” said Parsley.